Inside the room, Bai Zhi was silent for a long while as he watched the white-haired loli in front of him pretending to look around at the scenery.
Although her Personal Attributes panel seemed somewhat different from a normal person's, she still belonged to the player system. In other words, these so-called Bai Zhi Points had most likely been deliberately set up by her...
And just as that thought occurred to him, as if she had seen through his mind, Qingyi's face reddened slightly. She gave a small cough and began explaining in a rather transparent attempt at concealment.
"Cough, cough... It's like this. Wasn't I worried before that you'd blame me over this kind of thing? So when I was setting these up, I accidentally set it to this. So it's not my fault."
Bai Zhi: "..."
...You deliberately did it by accident, huh?
"...How exactly are these points obtained?"
Suppressing the urge to complain, Bai Zhi spoke after a brief silence.
"It's simple. Just staying by your side normally lets me replenish energy at regular intervals... Mm, just like how you used to cling to Chiyuki."
After thinking for a moment, Qingyi answered.
"How is it? Convenient, right?"
"No, I wasn't clinging to her. I had a perfe—"
Before Bai Zhi could finish his somewhat feeble defense, Qingyi blinked at him and cut him off.
"That's right, I'm doing something important too, so I'm not clinging to you either."
"...Remember not to tell anyone."
After staring at the white-haired loli before him for a moment, Bai Zhi waved his hand somewhat weakly.
"I know. It's classified."
Meeting his gaze, Qingyi nodded with great seriousness.
"After all, every player's Talent Core is a secret. If others find out about it, it'll be easy for them to find ways to